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That’s the butt
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I laughed so hard at this
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There really is no serious opposition movement to speak of right now, and I don’t understand why people aren’t taking to the streets.
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We need to coalesce around experts the public can trust to disburse evidence-based critical information. 3/3
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Therefore, it’s time for those of us who are pro-science and believe that truth is knowable to form shadow agencies which do the jobs the CDC and NOAA have always done so well, but are no longer allowed to. 2/3
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Erika's also v cool IRL. Did you know her sister Adena is mayor of Berkeley?
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Between this and canceling the meeting where flu vaccines were to be selected a few months back, I believe RFK is trying to make sure we can’t be vaccinated for COVID or influenza. If that happens at a population level, lots of people will die. 2/2
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There’s a berthing and birthing joke in here somewhere
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Also tiktoks
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I'm so here for my cameo in the next Gideon/Harrow book
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Maybe demagoguery can't be defeated, but there are a bunch of factors that contribute to authoritarianism, like de-humanization and fear of people on the other side of the aisle. I'm a big believer in the idea that pro-democratic reforms can reduce the odds of such hostile take-overs.
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I can only imagine they’re concerned about conspiracy theory, e.g. election fraud claims without evidence, which have already been appearing widely. But this is a pretty ham-handed way of saying that.
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Ahhh I used to love Texas Renn Faire